Fourth Generation

73. Joseph H. (Joe) Bray^1,3,5. Birth: 10 November 1867, Knox County, Tennessee. His birth place of Knox County is taken from his death certificate, but it seems somewhat likely that he was really born in Anderson County.

Census: 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee, Joseph H. 2 m w TN.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Joseph son, male, single, white, 12, born TN, father and mother born TN, home.

Census: 1891, Anderson County, Tennessee. page 10, TN 1891 Voters, Dist. 10, Bray Joseph 23. Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee. Joseph H. 32 son m m1 w Dec 1867 farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1920, Knox County, Tennessee. Joseph H. 53 son m d w farmer, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated household of his mother Winnie West.

Death: 12 November 1942, age 75, Knox County, Tennessee.⁸⁹

Burial: about 16 November 1942, at Thorn Grove Cemetery Knox County, Tennessee.

Joseph H. (Joe) Bray and Mira Seiber Marriage: 9 November 1898, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁹⁰ Joseph Bray to Mira Seivers, 9 Nov 1898 no return.

Divorce: 31 January 1901 Anderson County, Tennessee. Bray, Mira vs. Joseph, 31 Jan 1901, cruelty and non-support.

Mira Seiber³. Birth: October 1882, Tennessee. Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 10, Anderson County, Tennessee, 18 & 19 Jun 1900; page 145a, dwelling number 132, family number 135; Bray Mira 17 servant female married white, Oct 1882, born TN, father and mother born TN, 0 children, 0 living, Mira was living household of Adam Bunch and was living three houses away from her new husband Joseph H. Bray who was living household of his parents.